Satellite-Derived Photic Depth on the Great Barrier Reef Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Water Clarity 英文参考文献.docVIP

Remote Sens. 2012, 4, 3781-3795; doi:10.3390/rs4123781 OPEN ACCESS Remote Sensing ISSN 2072-4292 /journal/remotesensing Article Satellite-Derived Photic Depth on the Great Barrier Reef: Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Water Clarity Scarla Weeks 1,*, P. Jeremy Werdell 2, Britta Schaffelke 3, Marites Canto 1, Zhongping Lee 4, John G. Wilding 2 and Gene C. Feldman 2 1 Biophysical Oceanography Group, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; E-Mail: m.canto@.au 2 Ocean Biology Processing Group, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA; E-Mails: jeremy.werdell@ (P.J.W.); john.g.wilding@ (J.G.W.); gene.c.feldman@ (G.C.F.) 3 Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townville, QLD 4810, Australia; E-Mail: b.schaffelke@.au 4 Department of Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125, USA; E-Mail: zhongping.lee@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: s.weeks@.au; Tel.: +61-7-3346-9056; Fax: +61-7-3365-6899. Received: 8 October 2012; in revised form: 15 November 2012 / Accepted: 20 November 2012 / Published: 27 November 2012 Abstract: Detecting changes to the transparency of the water column is critical for understanding the responses of marine organisms, such as corals, to light availability. Long-term patterns in water transparency determine geographical and depth distributions, while acute reductions cause short-term stress, potentially mortality and may increase the organisms’ vulnerability to other environmental stressors. Here, we investigated the optimal, operational algorithm for light attenuation through the water column across the scale of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia. We implemented and tested a quasi-analytical algorithm to determine the photic depth in GBR waters and matched regional Secchi depth (ZSD) data t